For those of you not in the know, The Pump House is an indoor water park located at the top of a mountain in the middle of a ski resort. And it is awesome. Vermont has a lot of things, ski resorts and mountains being most of them, but one thing Vermont does not generally […]
Category Archives: Edward
A Joyful Noise
When we arrived at church yesterday morning, there was no one signed up to run the nursery. This happens fairly frequently (although it has been better as of late) and what usually ends up happening is that my wife stays downstairs in the nursery with Edward, and I take Ruby up to church. But yesterday […]
To Edward on His Second Birthday
Dear Edward, Today you are turning two years old. By the time you are reading this you will have no memory of this day. In fact, it is one of the challenges we are having in trying to plan a special day for you. What would you like to do? What would be exciting for […]
The Fight For the First Bite
Trying to feed my (almost)two-year-old is extremely frustrating. He never wants to eat anything. Now, sure, this would be annoying no matter what the situation, because one of the prime parenting instincts is to put food into your child, but what makes it even more obnoxious is the fact that he loves almost every food […]
Why I Fell Off of the Swings
We finally had a nice day yesterday, full of warm weather and the promise of the coming Spring, and so I decided that it was time to emerge from hibernation and take the kids to the playground. The first playground visit of Spring is always an exciting time. You get to see what new skills […]
The Old Woman and the Cheese
Edward is learning a lot of new words. Well, okay, not a lot, but some. And the words he does know he uses a lot more often, and in increasingly appropriate situations. And then sometimes he uses his words the right way, but it is still so wrong. Like today, for instance, we were at […]
Speech Delay Evaluation Delay
I just spent my morning with an evaluator from the state. At least I think she was an evaluator. She didn’t really evaluate anything. She mostly just asked us questions and wrote things down. So actually, I just spent my morning with an professional informationalist from the state. We’re trying to figure out if Edward […]
We Like to Potty (We Like, We Like to Potty)
Friends! I bring you tidings of great joy! For behold, Edward has pooped in the potty! I wasn’t there for it; I was at work, so everything you are about to hear is completely second-hand, but I’m pretty sure I have the right of it. Well, okay, I was there for the very beginning of […]
Bowling For Babies
There is a new game at Nini’s house now. It involves a rubber ball and several empty 1 liter bottles. I believe that it is supposed to be played something like bowling, but, as I discovered the other day, bowling for babies is quite different from bowling for adults. For one thing, babies do not […]
Edward’s Million Dollar Idea
I knew that my 21 month old son was smart, but I wasn’t aware of just how brilliant he was, especially in an entrepreneurial way. Yesterday, while I was trying to clean the kitchen, Edward came up with a million dollar idea. The idea is very simple. What if, instead of having to season all […]